Life A1.4. Pouring Activity- One To Many
Shu-Chen Yen's On-Line Montessori Albums

PRATICAL-LIFE DEVELOPMENT ALBUM

ELEMENTARY MOVEMENT

A1.4. POURING ACTIVITY- ONE TO MANY


MATERIALS:

Tray, sponge, one set of Chinese tea pot, include one tea tray, one tea pot and four tea cups.

PREPARATION:

All materials ready; child practiced with dry materials; child practiced simple wet pouring, invite child; name activity; show location of materials.

PRESENTATION:

1. Go to the shelf with child. Pick up the tray and hold both hands and walk slowly and carefully to the table.

2. Put the tray on the table and sit down. Have child sit on your subdominant side.

3. Take the set of Chinese tea pot out with both hands and put it on the left side of the table.

4. Take tea cup out of the tea tray one at a time and put it on right side of tea tray from left to right.

5. Lift tea pot by handle using dominant hand and support with other hand under spout.

6. Pouring water into first tea cup on left of tea cup using two hands.

7. Wipe water tea pot spout with sponge and replace sponge.

8. Repeat steps 5-7, filling all tea cups from left to right. Wipe tea pot after pouring into the water.

9. Replace the tea pot to the tea tray.

10. Check tray & table for spilled water. Wipe with sponge as needed.

11. Open the tea pot cover and pouring tea cup water into the tea pot with two hands from left to right. Wipe after pouring water, with sponge.

12. Replace the tea cups to the tea tray.

13. Dry tray and any spill water with sponge and replace it.

14. Invite the child to do the work

CONTROL OF ERROR:

1. Spilling water.

2. Running out of water before all tea cups are filled.

3. Overfilling.

4. Bumping tea cups into one another.

POINTS OF INTEREST:

1. Seeing Chinese tea pot.

2. Sound of water pouring

3. Appearance of tea pot empty and full.

4. Seeing water into many tea cups.

5. Seeing water in equal amounts in all small tea cups.

DIRECT AIMS:

Coordination, cooperation, order, independence, development of eye-hand coordination, development of self control, preparation for cooking.

INDIRECT AIMS:

Pouring skills; judgment of volume.

VOCABULARY:

Tray, sponge, Chinese tea pot, ten cup, water, pouring spill, handle, spout.

AGE:

4 and up


[ Shu-Chen Yen's Homepage | Montessori Albums Index ]
[ Math | Language | Practical-Life | Sensorial-Motor | Administration | Culture-Development ]

Copyright 1995-1999 Shu-Chen Jenny Yen <syen@fullerton.edu>